Nigeria is a high-impact country for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) which calls for universal access to clean and affordable energy. Based on the latest data available, 92 million Nigerians lack access to electricity while 175 million lack access to clean cooking solutions. At the same time, the reality and grave impacts of climate change are already manifest in the form of floods, pollution, erosion, desertification, and the associated socio-economic consequences. As a result, demanding and modelling bold action to address energy poverty and mitigate climate change became a priority for Nigeria. This served as the backdrop for Nigeria’s leadership in becoming the first African country to develop a detailed Energy Transition Plan (ETP) in 2021. In partnership with the UK Energy Transition Council, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and McKinsey, the Nigerian Government designed the Energy Transition Plan to tackle the dual crises of energy poverty and climate change and deliver SDG7 by 2030 and net-zero by 2060, while also providing energy for development, industrialization, and economic growth. The ETP details pathways for significant low-carbon development of energy systems across 5 key sectors: Power, Cooking, Transport, Industry, and Oil and Gas. Nigeria’s Energy Transition Office which serves as the secretariat for the ETP is situated in the Nigerian Presidency
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